YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(x,f(a(),y)) -> f(f(y,f(f(a(),a()),a())),x) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(x,f(a(),y)) -> f#(f(y,f(f(a(),a()),a())),x) p2: f#(x,f(a(),y)) -> f#(y,f(f(a(),a()),a())) p3: f#(x,f(a(),y)) -> f#(f(a(),a()),a()) p4: f#(x,f(a(),y)) -> f#(a(),a()) and R consists of: r1: f(x,f(a(),y)) -> f(f(y,f(f(a(),a()),a())),x) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(x,f(a(),y)) -> f#(f(y,f(f(a(),a()),a())),x) and R consists of: r1: f(x,f(a(),y)) -> f(f(y,f(f(a(),a()),a())),x) The set of usable rules consists of (no rules) Take the reduction pair: weighted path order base order: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: f#_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 25, x2 + 24} f_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 12, x2 - 8} a_A = 15 precedence: f# > a > f partial status: pi(f#) = [] pi(f) = [] pi(a) = [] The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.